Community rehabilitation support — extending care beyond material relief.
AKWS operates a dedicated Behavioural Wellness & Rehabilitation department at its headquarters, serving as a structured complement to the Society's core nutritional and legal aid programs. The department addresses the psychosocial dimensions of vulnerability among referred beneficiaries, recognizing that material support alone cannot fully resolve the conditions that produce and perpetuate marginalization.
Led by qualified professionals with formal credentials in clinical psychology, the department administers community-based social assistance through evidence-informed frameworks designed to support sustainable reintegration. Its establishment reflects AKWS's commitment to a holistic model of community welfare, in which nutritional, legal, and psychosocial support are delivered in coordination rather than in isolation.
Ms. Maahina Zohaib conducts structured psychosocial assessments and in-depth beneficiary interviews at AKWS headquarters, developing comprehensive case histories and individual support profiles that serve as the foundation for all subsequent interventions. Her clinical experience includes managing patients at The Children's Hospital Lahore and the Punjab Institute of Mental Health, grounding her practice in applied psychosocial assessment and intervention across diverse clinical populations.
Drawing on evidence-based practice, the Rehabilitation Officer works collaboratively with clients to explore available options and develop personalized plans of action, equipping individuals presenting with social dysfunction with the skills and strategies required for meaningful reintegration.
The Rehabilitation Officer connects beneficiaries with relevant community services, coordinating with AKWS's internal food security and legal aid programs as well as external providers in housing, healthcare, and employment, ensuring a continuum of support beyond the immediate intervention.
Through regular follow-up sessions, the Rehabilitation Officer assesses client progress, identifies emerging difficulties, and evaluates behavioral responses to active interventions, ensuring that rehabilitation frameworks remain responsive and effective throughout each individual's engagement with the program.
The Rehabilitation Officer facilitates life skills development and behavior management workshops as part of AKWS's broader programming, while maintaining detailed case statistics and submitting periodic progress reports to the Board of Directors for program evaluation, organizational learning, and research purposes.
Operating under the supervision of the Rehabilitation Officer, Ms. Maha Ali supports the day-to-day delivery of community rehabilitation services at AKWS headquarters. Her responsibilities include assisting with beneficiary intake procedures, contributing to the implementation of life skills and behaviour management workshops, maintaining case documentation, and providing direct support to referred individuals as part of structured rehabilitation plans.
This role reflects AKWS's commitment to building internal capacity within its Behavioural Health & Rehabilitation department while providing professionally supervised field experience to emerging practitioners in the field.
Miss Minahil Khan Niazi contributes to the Behavioural Health & Rehabilitation department in a visiting capacity, engaged on a structured sessional assignment basis. A permanent Lecturer in Psychology at Forman Christian College (A Chartered University), Lahore, she brings both rigorous academic grounding and active institutional standing to her engagement with AKWS. Drawing on her graduate-level academic formation in clinical psychology, she provides supplementary psychosocial support to referred beneficiaries, participates in case consultations, and assists in the development and review of individualized rehabilitation frameworks.
Her engagement on an assignment basis enables AKWS to extend the depth of its clinical expertise in a flexible and resource-appropriate manner, while maintaining the integrity and professional standards of its rehabilitation programming.
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